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Gowan Duffy remembers the waters were still rough from the storm the day before. As they hit the shore [Annotator’s...

Harry Quinn entered Camp Shelby in September [Annotator’s Note: 1943] and stayed there for about a week. From there,...

Robert W. "Bob" O'Connor [Annotator's Note: a communications sergeant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute...

[Annotator's Note: John K. Ward jumped into France with the 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd...

Daniel J. Lennon remembered the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean was not particularly good for enlisted men. His unit [...

Edward Tipper had his life improved as a result of his service in World War Two. He received a college education and...

John Raaen was captain of Headquarters Company, 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion at the time of D-Day on 6 June 1944 [...

[Annotator's Note: Winnecken Gerhard speaks largely in German in this segment with very limited translation to English...

James Mathews was an officer in the Army prior to the D-Day invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of...

[Annotator's Note: Leon Schafer was aboard USS LST-502 for the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944.] They...

Paul Gibfried grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, near Chicago [Annotator's Note: Chicago, Illinois]. His family arrived...

Everybody was scared the first time, and every time they jumped out of an airplane. Gerard Dillon says that if you were...

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